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TIL America Has Been At War 93% of the Time Since its existence which is 222 out of 239 Years.

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0wgVN TIL that Jack Daniel (the founder of the whiskey) died from kicking a safe. When he kicked it, he broke his toe which got infected. He eventually died from blood poisoning.
e0w8J TIL Swedes can find out each other's salaries with just one phone call to Swedish equivalent of the IRS. The person whose information is accessed is also informed who accessed it.
gMRZ7 TIL most of Ringo Starr's art pieces are titled just because he had to give the files containing them names.
pDjZ TIL Chaplin was once forced to pay child support for a child that wasn’t even his. When a young woman claimed that her child was Chaplin’s, blood testing determined that the child was not Chaplin’s, but the judge refused to have the test admitted into court, so he made Chaplin pay a substantial sum.
E1GvP TIL Batman: The Animated Series was ranked by IGN as being the second best animated series ever, behind only The Simpsons